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Carol H Tucker
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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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what were they thinking?
Today is the 3rd day of the 35th week, the 29th day of the 8th month, the 241st day of 2017, and:
- According to Hoyle Day
- Chop Suey Day
- Individual Rights Day
- International Day Against Nuclear Tests
- Lemon Juice Day
- More Herbs, Less Salt Day
- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
- National Swiss Winegrowers Day
- National Whiskey Sour Day
- Touch-A-Heart Tuesday
ON THIS DAY: In 708 copper coins were minted in Japan for the first time In 1728 the city of Nuuk in Greenland was founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss. In 1831 Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction. In 1869 the Mount Washington Cog Railway opened, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway. In 1871 Emperor Meiji ordered the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. In 1885 Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. In 1898 the Goodyear tire company was founded. In 1911 Ishi,considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerged from the wilderness of northeastern California. In 1949 the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. In 1958 the United States Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1965 the Gemini V spacecraft returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean. In 1966 the Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. In 1982 the synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, was first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. In 1991 Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, was killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
This picture has floated to the top of my social media feeds a couple of times. I have studied it, tried looking into their eyes, thought about it. They look relaxed and happy, obviously taking time out from their work and hamming it up a bit for the camera – photos were not quite so ubiquitous before cell phones as some of us remember, and shots like this were relatively rare. It is a nice picture, neh?
And then, after you have taken that long look, sit back and realize their workplace was Auschwitz, and after this interlude they probably went back on duty. One article attached to this picture was about the mentality of a Nazi and asks the question “How does one rationalize or compartmentalize genocide?” The other article sarcastically pointed out that these people were the kind of person that says they are apolitical and that things will work out.
Although I personally think DJT is a puerile reality show host who doesn’t belong in the White House, I am not ready to equate a Trump follower with these people – I think that Democrats need to find out how to listen to the Working Class [white and otherwise] on a very grass roots level, figure out what is driving their anger and resentment, and address these issues. In my not so humble opinion, dismissing every unrepentant Trump voter as a bigot and a Nazi creates even more polarization
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